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With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, the season is now fully upon us. And by "season," I don't mean the gift-giving or tree-trimming, or any of the other bits of pine-scented magic that drift over the nation during the last few weeks of the year. The season I'm thinking of is the Season of Journeys.
More than any other time of year, these last five weeks of the year seem to be chock-a-block with coming and goings. Family and friends make the rounds, bringing holiday cheer to those farflung relatives not seen for the other 11 months of the calendar. We wake early and follow our treasure maps around shopping malls and downtowns, stopping only for a four-dollar, vaguely coffee-flavored bit of sustenance. Holiday parties, office events, maybe a bit of religion for good measure—it all adds up to a heck of a lot of miles on the odometer. This week, a few films promise to give us a break while taking us on journeys of their own.
First up is Philomena, a new film from art-house favorite Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things). Based on a 2009 book by ex-BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, the film—playing now at Amherst Cinema—tells the story of Philomena Lee's journey to find her son, a child given up for adoption decades earlier.
As a young, pregnant teenager in the Ireland of the 1950s, Lee (Judi Dench) faced hard choices. Shunned by her family and sent to a convent in Tipperary, she was forced to work in the nuns' laundry as a way of repaying them for their help during childbirth. She only saw her son, Anthony, for an hour each day. When he was three, the convent signed him away to an adoptive family in America. For the next 50 years, Philomena Lee tried to learn something about where he had been sent, but church doctrine disallowed her any knowledge of her son.
When, late in life, she meets Sixsmith—himself a bit adrift after losing a high-ranking job in the Blair government—the pair embark on a trip to the States to track down the adult Anthony. Along the way, this odd couple—Lee is a plainspoken woman who, despite her past, retains a strong religious faith, while Sixsmith (played here by British actor Steve Coogan) is a sophisticated but cynical sort—learn enough from each other that the end of their story becomes less important than how it's been told.
Following that film at Amherst are two more that chart very different American journeys. Nebraska is the new film from Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways). In it, Bruce Dern (Coming Home) stars as a rough-edged father who ropes his son (Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte) into a road trip to claim a possibly non-existent fortune. Like Payne's earlier film About Schmidt—another road-trip movie set in the director's native Nebraska—this film uses our open highways to tell the interconnected stories of family life in America.
And in the new documentary American Promise, the journey from kindergarten to high school graduation is explored by directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. These middle-class, African-American parents from Brooklyn follow their son Idris and his best friend Seun as they enter Manhattan's prestigious Dalton School, only to find that American education is still struggling to come to terms with questions of race, class, and opportunity. To shed more light on the topic, the theater is hosting a live Skype interview with the filmmakers on Monday, Dec. 9.
And finally this week, the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College is sponsoring a special Wednesday night screening of Journey to Italy, Roberto Rossellini's groundbreaking 1954 work about a British couple on holiday during the declining years of their marriage. Immensely influential, it raised a modernist flag in the Italian film world that would be followed for years to come. Screening at Amherst Cinema as a complement to the This Just In! exhibit of Pompeii artifacts at the college, it will be introduced by Mead director Elizabeth Barker and Smith College Professor of Art Barbara Kellum.•
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NaVorro Bowman
San Francisco 49ers
NaVorro Bowman on the song that defines him, "The song the defines me as a person is J. Cole, it's called Dollar and a Dream II, I feel like he started from scratch and he made it and he expressed himself in the song in a way I wish I could about this game."
Bryant McKinnie
Baltimore Ravens
Bryant McKinnie on the songs that define him, "The song that defines me as a player would be a song by DJ Khaled called All I Do Is Win because that's all I want to do is win. I'm sure anybody who is competitive, that's all they want to do is win. The one song that defines me as a person is a song by Rick Ross called I'm Only Human because the song is basically saying I'm only human, a man who makes mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes, you learn from them and you move on."
Owen Daniels
Houston Texans
Owen Daniels on the song that defines him, "As a person, the song that defines me, a collaboration – Kaskade and Deadmau5 song called I Remember. I don't know, I like that song a lot. It's kind of like me – calm outside of football life and then when that dubstep Deadmau5 beat kicks in, that's kind of like the aggressive football side of things for me."
Antonio Smith
Houston Texans
Antonio Smith on the song that defines him, "The song that defines me most as a person would probably be Marvin Sapp Testimony. You know, it defines me almost to a T. Just in the walk that I've been through in this life and some of the things that I've come against, and it's like my whole life in a song. My testimony."

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Solving Triangles with Trigonometry
Lesson 7 of 10
Objective: SWBAT use trigonometry to solve triangles. Students will understand the meaning of the tangent, sine, and cosine functions and their inverses.
Big Idea: Students refine their strategies for applying trigonometric relationships. Now we see trigonometry from every side—and angle!
The lesson opener asks students to find the missing side of a 30-60-90 right triangle in two ways: by using the properties of special triangles and by using trigonometric ratios. This permits a comparison of methods and reminds students where trigonometric ratios come from (MP5).
This activity follows our Team Warmup routine, which is described in my Strategy folder.
While students are working on the lesson opener, I complete administrative tasks. These include taking attendance and noting which students have not completed their homework or brought required items to class.
Following the lesson opener, I display the learning goals and agenda for the lesson using the overhead projector and review them briefly with the class. I tell the class that today we will practice solving triangles using all three trigonometric functions that they have learned.
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Before class, I print the resource for this activity. I make one copy for every two students and cut into half-sheets. I usually make a few extra copies, in order to allow students to start over with a fresh sheet if they go down the wrong path. I distribute the half-sheets to the teams. I tell the students that they are to work in pairs to complete the problems.
I use a Kagan Structure (Rally Coach). More information on my use of this class routine can be found in my Strategy folder. The instructions are in the presentation.
As students are working, I circulate around the classroom. Common problems to look for:
- Students may have difficulty identifying the 'opposite', 'adjacent', and 'hypotenuse' sides of a right triangle. I advise students to start with the hypotenuse: it is opposite the right angle and is never called 'adjacent' (although it is always adjacent to the acute angle). To identify the legs opposite and adjacent to the given angle, I imagine standing in the angle of the triangle with one arm over each side, like a boxer draping his arms over the ropes of a triangular ring. The side under my Armpit is Adjacent (the side under my other armpit is the hypotenuse, which is never called 'adjacent'). The side across from the angle is Opposite.
- Students may look for patterns to help them decide when to multiply and when to divide the given side length by the trigonometric ratio. For example, a student may notice that you multiply by the tangent ratio when the unknown side is opposite the acute angle but divide when it is adjacent. The problem with this method is that it is not generalizable, so students must recognize and memorize a different rule for every trigonometric ratio. I point this out to students and ask them to look for a different method.
- Students may make algebra errors. For example, when the given length, c, the side to find, x, and the corresponding trigonometric ratio, k, are in the relationship c/x = k students may multiply both sides by c or by x, rather than take the reciprocal of both sides. I encourage students to write trigonometric equations in the form c/x = k/1 or x/c = k/1 to help them to see that they are solving a proportion.
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Lesson Close and Homework
Students should have time to begin on their homework in this lesson, which gives me a chance to answer individual questions. With 5 minutes remaining in class, I display the lesson close question on the front board using the overhead (the lesson close is in the presentation). I have the students brainstorm in pairs, then in teams, before writing their answers in their learning journals. The purpose of the learning journal is to encourage students to reflect and to provide individual accountability. Time permitting, I also ask one student from each team to write a team answer on the white board. This gives me feedback on what students learned from the lesson.
The homework assignment for this lesson is provided in the unit syllabus.


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DeKALB – A year from now, Northern Illinois' biggest contributors could very well be players who had a Division I stop before coming to DeKalb.
Currently, the NIU men's basketball team has three players with previous Division I experience who have seen playing time in 2013-14 – juniors Aaron Armstead (Wisconsin-Green Bay, San Jose City College), Jordan Threloff (Illinois State) and Pete Rakocevic (Sacramento State).
Armstead already has made a large impact, averaging 7.2 points a game this year.
Next season, NIU also will have the services of guards Anthony Johnson and Michael Orris, who are sitting out this season after transferring to NIU over the offseason. Johnson will have one season of eligibility at NIU, as he redshirted his freshman year at Purdue. Orris spent last season at Kansas State and will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Gaining Division I transfers is becoming increasingly common in college basketball, and NIU isn't the only team in the Mid-American Conference that has benefited from their help.
Toledo, which is 17-2 and 5-1 in the MAC, has four players on its roster who are at their second college stop, including the Rockets' two leading scorers – Rian Pearson and Justin Drummond.
Eastern Michigan has five transfers, Miami (Ohio) features four, while Buffalo and Kent State each have three players with previous experience on D-I campuses.
"The dynamics of how college basketball is now, it's almost win now," NIU coach Mark Montgomery said. "Not a quick fix, but if you could get a pretty good transfer from a school, you hear good things about them, you'd rather take a chance on a transfer, because you know that this is his last stop. It almost has to work."
Players leave schools for numerous reasons – lack of playing time, a coaching change, personal reasons.
Orris, a product of Crete-Monee High School, signed with Illinois in 2012, but when Bruce Weber was fired, Orris followed him to Kansas State after being released from his scholarship before he stepped foot on campus.
At the end of the 2012-13 season, Orris decided he wanted to be closer to his family – his parents live in Crystal Lake.
"After the season we kind of evaluated where I was at, had a meeting with coach Weber, and we kind of talked things out and what not, and just felt it was best for me to move on," Orris said. "Then I began the process of looking at other schools and what not. I got a lot of calls, but I figured if I want to transfer, I want to transfer close to home."
A DeKalb High product, Threloff spent three seasons at Illinois State. Threloff's mother, Edie Hartman, had been dealing with rheumatoid arthritis and other disabilities, and Threloff said her health started to deteriorate around the middle of last season.
Threloff wanted to move closer to home to get his mother better treatment. He and his mother lived together when he was at Illinois State so he could help take care of her, and Threloff's older sister, Kadie, moved in with them when they returned to DeKalb. Hartman died in July.
Threloff applied for the NCAA's hardship waiver and it was granted in August, meaning he was eligible to play immediately without having to sit out a year.
"I talked to (Illinois State coach Dan) Muller a couple of days after the season ended, we didn't make it to the NIT," Threloff said. "We talked, I just kind of briefed him on the situation, my mom and everything. He and I both agreed that it would be best for me to go back home if it was possible, if they had space, or somewhere even closer to home where we could get her better help to go to doctors and stuff."
NIU assistant Jon Borovich recruited Orris out of high school, and when he decided to transfer, Orris said Borovich was one of the first coaches to call him. Orris said he had 10 to 15 schools interested, including some high-major programs, and cited the Huskies' coaching staff as another reason he came to DeKalb.
However, one negative for any player transferring is having to sit out a year. Both Orris and Johnson, a product of Chicago's Whitney Young High, applied for hardship waivers but were denied.
"It's tough, I'm not going to lie. To be honest, I've been blessed, [Johnson]'s here too and he has to sit out. So I'm not by myself, and that is huge," Orris said. "Me and him are attached, me and him go do workouts together, extra stuff together. We're in it together. So it's not like I'm by myself sitting out."
Montgomery said adding a D-I transfer comes down to dynamics.
"Do you have a scholarship? Does he fit what you need?" Montgomery said. "Big thing with [Orris] was family and an opportunity for playing time."


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explaining incremental changeMoschella, Manuela; Tsingou, Eleni (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8806
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Implications for Early Option Exercise and Realized VolatilityJensen, Mads Vestergaard (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: A call option on a stock is a common and widely used derivative. On an average trading day in 2015, more than 800,000 such options traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest options exchange in the United States. Each option grants its owner the right to buy 100 of a specific stock at a pre-specified price, no later than a pre-specified date. For example, an option can grant the right to buy 100 General Electric shares for USD 31 each no later than October 21, 2016. An interesting issue is determining when an option is optimally exercised. Merton (1973) shows that in a world without frictions, a call option should never be exercised early, but only at expiration or just before the underlying stock pays a dividend. Chapter one of this thesis shows that suffciently severe frictions can make early exercise optimal. Short-sale costs especially represent an important driver of early exercise. Chapter two shows that when option owners exercise early, it predicts stock returns, consistent with option owners acting on private information. Chapter three does not include options but shows that demand shifts in the shorting market for stocks predict the volatility of the affected stocks, which is consistent with increases in differences of opinions among market participants. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9386
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Olai Hansen, Bodil; Keiding, Hans (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We consider a simple model of international trade under uncertainty, where production takes time and is subject to uncertainty. The riskiness of production depends on the choices of the producers, not observable to the general public, and these choices are influenced by the availability and cost of credit. If investment is financed by a bond market, then a situation may arise where otherwise identical countries end up with different levels of interest and different choices of technique, which again implies differences in achieved level of welfare. Under suitable conditions on the parameters of the model, the market may not be able to supply credits to one of the countries. The introduction of financial intermediaries with the ability to control the debtors may change this situation in a direction which is welfare improving (in a suitable sense) by increasing expected output in the country with high interest rates, while opening up for new problems of asymmetric information with respect to the monitoring activity of the banks. Keywords: Capital outflow, financial intermediaries, moral hazard JEL classification: F36, D92, E44 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7498
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Eamets, Raul; Mygind, Niels; Spitsa, Natalia (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Presently, legal regulation of participation of employees – financial participation as well as participation in decision-making – is not well developed in Estonia. On the one hand, it is due to the fact that no tradition of employee participation could have been formed after Estonia became independent because different, contrary political aims, e.g. development of the free-market economy and promotion of national elites, were given priority. Although employee ownership emerged during the early stage of privatization, it was a temporary phenomenon. Earlier experience with employee participation in decision-making was considered to be a relict from the time under Soviet rule and, therefore, to be discredited and not worth following. On the other hand, the solution of current employment and social problems is not associated with a higher level of participation of employees. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7112
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Klauberg, Theis; Muravska, Tatyana; Mygind, Niels; Rezepina, Irina (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This report outlines main trends in employees' financial participation in Latvia including historical, socioeconomic and legal background. A special emphasis is placed on privatization during the transition period which shaped an environment for employees' financial participation and influenced the current state of employee share ownership and profit-sharing. Attitudes of social partners and the government will be addressed. The report will show why the transition process lead to a low level of employees' financial participation and the indifference and ignorance of policy makers concerning the development of financial participation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7114
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Darškuviené, Valdoné; Hanisch, Stefan; Mygind, Niels (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Participation of employees in decision-making in Lithuanian companies has its roots in trade union movement as well as in the practice of managing companies under Soviet rule. After Lithuania regained independence, employee ownership was used to facilitate privatization. A notable success was establishment of a number of employee-owned companies that were formerly state-owned enterprises during the first stage of privatization. However, no stronger tradition of employee participation has evolved. Current legal regulation of participation of employees - financial participation, as well as participation in decision-making - is not well developed and does not provide for stronger incentives. The solution of current employment and social problems by the Government, ruling parties as well as social partners is not associated with a higher level of participation of employees. Financial participation is viewed mainly as a way of employee motivation as initiated by managers and current owners of companies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7110
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Impact and ConsequencesOlsen, Carsten Allerslev (Frederiksberg, 2018)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This dissertation explores how financial reporting enforcement differs in Europe and how these differences influence the materiality assessment and disclosure decisions made by the preparers of the financial statement. Furthermore, it analyses how financial reporting enforcement influences the auditors' auditing efforts, which are made in conjunction with the impact of the enforcement of auditors and limitations on the auditors' liability. However, research indicates that strict enforcement is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with accounting regulations (Hail and Leuz 2006, Daske et al. 2008, 2013, Ernstberger et al. 2012, Christensen et al. 2013, Leuz and Wysocki 2016). Nevertheless, enforcement remains at the discretion of the individual member states, which has led to heterogeneous enforcement despite recent attempts to strengthen and harmonise it (Hirtz et al. 2012, Christensen et al. 2013, Brown et al. 2014). This heterogeneous enforcement has created a particular need to understand how enforcement influences financial reporting if the primary users must be able to use it as a reliable source of information. This issue is investigated in the following three papers that compose this dissertation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9613
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A study of enforcement activities in 17 European countriesJohansen, Thomas Riise; Plenborg, Thomas; Buhrkal, Hans Peter Lindegaard; Olsen, Søren Kok (København, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9037
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Lessons from the UKMallin, Chris; Mullineux, Andy; Wihlborg, Clas (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In 1992 the Cadbury Committee report on the financial aspects of corporate governance was published. The Committee had been established following the failures of a number of high profile businesses in the UK which had shaken confidence in the market. Some nine years later, in 2001, the collapse of Enron sent shockwaves through the US market. As a result of the Enron collapse and various other high profile scandals in the years since its occurrence, the US is examining its own corporate governance structures and provisions to determine how these might be improved and help avoid another Enron. The EU similarly is developing principles and legislation to improve corporate governance, and scandals such as Royal Ahold and Parmalat have helped drive further governance reforms. In this paper we detail the development of corporate governance codes in the UK and the adaptation of similar codes in the EU. We discuss the role of the financial sector in corporate governance and how principles for regulation and supervision of the financial sector complement codes of conduct and legislation in the area of corporate governance. JEL Classification numbers: G34, G28, G22, G23 Keywords: corporate governance, financial sector; institutional investors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6789
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Wihlborg, Clas (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6794
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Ulslev Pedersen, Rasmus; Häuser, Ivan; Balle, Kim; Copenhagen Business School. CBS; Institut for IT-Ledelse; ITM; Department of IT Management; ITM (www, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of the European economy. In the 25 member states there are 23 million SMEs providing 75 million jobs and represent 99% of all enterprises. They SMEs strongly contribute to an entrepreneurial spirit and innovation in the EU and foster competitiveness. This handbook has specifically been written in order to make it easier for micro, small and medium enterprises within Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to apply for funding in open calls in October 2014 and October 2015 under the EU project FINODEX (www.finodex-project.eu). The handbook provides practical advice and helps the enterprises transform innovative ideas into business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9087
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Evidence from Estate Sales due to Sudden DeathAndersen, Steffen; Meisner Nielsen, Kasper (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We exploit a natural experiment in Denmark to investigate when forced sales lead to fire sale discounts. Forced sales result from sudden deaths of house owners in an institutional environment in which beneficiaries are forced to settle the estate, and hence sell the house, within 12 months. We identify 6,329 forced sales by suddenly deceased house owners, and find that forced sales bring in lower prices than do comparable houses as the deadline winds down: We find no discounts for sales long before the deadline, and discounts of 12.5% for sales shortly before the deadline. Market conditions and the urgency of the sale also affect the average discount: Discounts are larger when house prices contract, in thin markets where demand is lower, and when the sale is more likely to be a fire sale because of financial or liquidity constraints. Late fire sales are more likely when the house price is in the loss domain suggesting that disposition effects play a role in explaining discounts. We establish these results using (i) a hedonic pricing model, and (ii) the tax authorities' yearly assessments of value as benchmark for realized prices. Overall, our results characterize market conditions under which forced sales lead to fire sale discounts. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8838
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Håkanson, Lars (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Based on a social-constructivist conceptualization of knowledge as residing in groups of practitioners, epistemic communities, this paper proposes a new perspective on the knowledge based view of the firm and sketches the outline of a new research agenda. It argues that the cost of governing knowledge processes depends as much on the cognitive background of the exchange partners as on the tacitness of the knowledge. Firms exist because they may form epistemic communities in their own right with enabling and motivational properties superior to those of markets in the governance of knowledge processes across epistemic boundaries. Establishing a firm as an epistemic community requires transaction specific investments that are difficult to realize under market forms of governance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6534
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Laursen, Keld, Volker, Per Mahnke, Vejrup-Hansen (Frederiksberg, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Although there are several theories of growth of the firm, the literature is limited in two interrelated respects. First, empirical evidence does not match well theoretical predictions. Second, the firm growth literature does not address the structure of knowledge both in firms and sectors as well as knowledge flows between them. Based on existing theoretical and empirical literature, the paper outlines an 'appreciative' theory of firm growth and presents new testable hypotheses to inform present and future empirical research. The paper seeks to address this gap by analysing not only levels of human capital, but also its composition both on a firm and sector level. A key departure from earlier approaches is the inclusion of the role of 'knowledge structures' played in the growth of the firm. In this context make a distinction between (a) levels of human capital available to firms, (b) the composition of various kinds of human capital ('firm- specific', 'industry-specific', and 'general knowledge') contained, and (c) the diversity of knowledge domains represented to characterise the knowledge structure of firms. In addition, we present our first empirical results, using the knowledge structure approach. In the first part of our empirical analysis we find – while controlling for intial size and industry affiliation – that the availability of a high fraction of employees with higher education within each establishment (an aspect of 'general kowledge'), is in general conducive to establishment growth. In the second part of the empirical analysis, we find important sectoral differences with respect to the ability of the level of formal education to explain firms growth. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8086
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Laursen, Keld; Vejrup-Hansen, Per (Frederiksberg, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7840
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The Role of Competition and of the Initial Firm Efficiency. Evidence from the Czech Republicla Cour, Lisbeth; Ionascu, Delia (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: It has been argued that the effect of competition on a company's incentive to innovate and to reduce managerial slack depends on the initial level of efficiency. For example, while firms close to the technology frontier invest more in innovation if competition increases, backward firms reduce innovation. On a panel data of Czech companies, for the years 1993-2005, we empirically assess the impact of increased competition on firm productivity and the importance of the initial firm efficiency level. We depart from the empirical literature on emerging markets by taking into account both domestic and foreign competition. In line with the theory, our results show that there is an inverted U-relationship between domestic competition and firm productivity. Our results also confirm that trade liberalization has a positive impact on productivity. However, the effect is less significant if domestic competition is not taken into account. In addition, we find that both domestic and foreign competition have an effect on productivity in companies close to the technology frontier but not in backward companies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7653
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Some Austrian InsightsJ. Foss, Nicolai (København, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper argues that Austrian economics allow us to identify a number of weak spots in the modern economics of organization. Thus, neither the dispersion of tacit and subjectively knowledge in organizations, nor the entrepreneurial discovery process are comprehensively treated in this body of thought. Thinking about these issues in the context of the firm leads to a different, but perhaps complementary perspective on economic organization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8097
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Some Austrian InsightsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers. Consequently, to affect a firm's ethical behavior, moral consumers refuse to buy from an unethical firm. Consumers who do not care about ethical behavior may join the boycott to (falsely) signal that they do care. In the firm's choice between ethical and unethical behavior, the optimality of mixed and pure strategies depends on the cost of behaving ethically. In particular, when the cost is (relatively) low, ethical behavior arises from a prisoners' dilemma as the firm's optimal strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7706
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Foss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1996)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Thursday, November 10, 2016
This Tallahassee Seo Company Advice
Buy Your Website Out There With This Tallahassee Seo Company Advice
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The federal government provides two types of tax credits for educational expenses paid by you during the tax year. However, not all expenses you pay to the University are considered qualified expenses. In general tuition and fees that are directly related to your attendance and education are allowable. Room and board, insurance and other personal expenses are generally not allowed. You should review the IRS Publication 970 for more information — or you may consult your tax professional.
Students access their form online via myWings, student tab, 1098T. Enter the tax year and the form will display.
Please note: The Controller's Office or University staff cannot assist you in tax matters. If you need assistance completing your taxes, you should consult with the IRS, a qualified tax specialist or a CPA accounting firm.
The following FAQ is provided to assist you with some of the general questions that you may have regarding the 1098T form and is not intended to be provided as advice in completing your tax return.
Box 1 is used for institutions who report on the amount paid by students. The University of North Florida does not report on amounts you paid, so box #1 will be blank on the form you receive from the University. You should keep your receipts and claim on your tax return the amount you paid out-of-pocket towards qualified educational expenses.
Box 2 reports the amount of qualified tuition and related expenses that were assessed to your account during the 2017 calendar year. The amount of tuition and fees will be reduced by any waivers or exemptions you received. The figure reported here is the amount the University assessed you for these fees and does not necessarily represent the amount you paid toward qualified expenses during this tax year. You should keep your receipts and claim on your tax return the amount you paid out-of-pocket towards qualified educational expenses.
Box 3 reports on whether or not the University has changed its reporting method. We have not made any reporting changes.
Box 4 reports on any adjustments made during the 2017 tax year for qualified tuition and related expenses that were reported on a prior year 1098T. If you registered for 15 credit hours for spring 2017 (in 2016) and dropped a course in 2017, that would be an adjustment. For most students this box will be blank.
Box 5 reports the amount of grants, third party sponsorships
and scholarships you received during the 2017 calendar year.
Box 6 reports the amount of any adjustments made during the 2017 tax year for grants, waivers and scholarships you received in a prior tax year.
Box 7 is checked to notify you and the IRS that some of the amount indicated in Box 2 relates to a semester that begins in the first quarter of 2018.
Box 8 will be checked if you were enrolled at least half-time for one semester.
Box 9 will be checked if you are a graduate student. This will identify you as already having a bachelor's degree.
The American Opportunity (formerly Hope Scholarship) Credit is available for the first four years of post-secondary education. If you meet the requirements as a student you may qualify for a tax credits. You can claim 100 percent of the first $2000 you paid and 25 percent of the second $2000 up to a maximum of $2500 per eligible student. For example, if your expenses were $3000, your credit would be $2250. There is an income restriction and you should be aware that the credit is phased out for people in certain income tax brackets.
The Lifetime Learning tax credit is available to everyone. You may claim 20 percent of the first $10,000 paid ($2000 maximum) and that is per tax return, not per student. There are also income restrictions on the Lifetime Learning tax credit.
Comparison of Education Credits
American Opportunity (formerly Hope Scholarship) Credit
Lifetime Learning Credit
Up to $2500 credit per eligible student
Up to $2,000 credit per return
Available ONLY for the first 4 years of post-secondary education are completed
Available for all years of postsecondary education and for courses to acquire or improve job skills
Available ONLY for 4 tax years per eligible student (including any years the Hope credit was claimed)
Available for an unlimited number of years
Student must be pursuing an undergraduate degree or other recognized education credential
Student does not need to be pursuing a degree or other recognized education credential
Student must be enrolled at least half time for at least one academic period beginning during the year
Available for one or more courses
No felony drug conviction on student's record
Felony drug conviction rule does not apply
Qualified expenses include tuition and fees required for enrollment, books, equipment and supplies (books do not need to be purchased at the institution)
Qualified expenses include tuition and fees required for enrollment, and course-related books, equipment and supplies required to be paid at the institution
Payments for the qualified expenses made in 2017 for 2017 academic terms and terms beginning in the first 3 months of 2018
Generally, you can claim an education credit if all three of the following requirements are met:
For more information on these credits, please check these websites--IRS Tax Information for Students and Tax Benefits for Education.


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Area Woman to Celebrate Her 107th Birthday
Henrietta Dotting sat in a recliner in her room at the Sheyenne Care Center as she contemplated the significance of turning 107 on Jan. 4. "It's not a big deal!" she said to her nephew Duane Farnquist.
"It is a big deal!" he replied.
Indeed, Dotting doesn't attribute her longevity to anything she did or didn't do. Her mother lived to 94, so it could be biological.
At 106, Dotting is still sharp-minded. Even though her eyesight is nearly gone, she still spends many hours listening to books on tapes through a pair of headphones that Farnquist had to remove.
Dotting was born at home in Dazey in 1906. Theodore Roosevelt was president, the United States had its first Olympic Team which competed in Athens, Greece, and an earthquake and subsequent fires virtually destroyed the city of San Francisco.
Her parents were farmers, growing mostly small grains and some livestock. They raised Dotting and her five siblings on the farm.
Farming was done the hard way then, with horse-drawn equipment. Dotting remembered the family's first tractor, a "B" which they got in the 1920s.
Another early memory was the family's first car in 1910, though she had to think long and hard about it, it was after all, more than 100 years ago.
Her parents lived on the Dazey farm until they lost it in 1932 during the Great Depression. They moved into town, but Dotting's father never got over the loss. He died of a heart attack about five years later.
By then, Dotting had finished college in Valley City (back then Valley City State University was a teacher's college and students graduated with a teaching certificate in two years) and was a teacher for 17 years in Eckelson, Stewart and Pierce.
Teaching has changed, said Dotting, especially how math is taught.
"I haven't done it myself, but I've had parents tell me that they can't help their kids with their math homework," said Dotting.
She quit teaching when she married Bill Dotting in 1941 and became a farm wife. Bill was a handsome, quiet man, she said. Together they went to dances and school plays and other school entertainment.
Even though she,quit teaching, Dotting was on the school board of Leahl, Rogers, and Dazey, schools that later formed the North Central School District and is now Barnes County North.
The couple had no children of their own, but Dotting took care of her nieces and nephews as well as other area children. She also taught Sunday school at the Dazey and Sanborn Lutheran Churches and was the Sunday school superintendent.
On the farm, Dotting took care of Bill and the farm workers, she was a great cook, said Farnquist.
"I cooked for the threshers, and all the men that worked for us," Dotting boasted.
One big achievement for Dotting was being a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a fraternal organization related to the Masons. She joined in 1930 and was recently presented with a lifetime membership in recognition of more than 80 years of membership.
For fun, Dotting liked to sew, knit or crochet. But her favorite pastime was making rugs using her loom.
"I made rugs for everybody. People would save their rags, and most of them sewed them together, and they would roll them into big balls. I would make rugs out of the balls," she said.
Dotting and her husband lived in Sanborn for a while. Bill died in 1994, after having a foot amputated due to infection.
Dotting was the first resident at Bridgeview Estates in Valley City and now resides in the Sheyenne Care Center.
Her family will hold a 107th birthday party for her there on Saturday, Jan 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Sheyenne Care Center coffee shop. Friends and family are welcome. Dotting doesn't have any wishes for her birthday.
"I don't need anything'" she said.


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This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.
I've had the great Hollywood epic Terminator 2: Judgment Day on my mind ever since I watched it in a hotel room in New Orleans a few weeks ago with the Superdome visible out the window. In 1991, at the time of its release, T2 was supposedly about a terrible future; now, it seems situated in an oddly comfortable past.
What apocalypses are you nostalgic for? The premise of the movie was that the machines we needed to worry about had not yet been invented, no less put to use: intelligent machines that would rebel against their human masters in 1997, setting off an all-out nuclear war that would get rid of the first 3 billion of us and lead to a campaign of extermination against the remnant of the human race scrabbling in the rubble of what had once been civilization.
By the time the film was released, the news of climate change was already filtering out. Reports like Bill McKibben's 1989 book The End of Nature had told us that the machines that could destroy us and our world had, in fact, been invented–a long, long time ago. Almost all of us had been using them almost all the time, from the era of the steam engine and the rise of the British coal economy through the age of railroads and the dawn of petroleum extraction to the birth of the internal-combustion engine and the spread of industrial civilization across the planet. They weren't "intelligent" and they weren't in revolt, nor were they led by any one super-machine. It was the cumulative effect of all those devices pumping back into the atmosphere the carbon that plants had so kindly buried in the Earth over the last few hundred million years.
The Superdome is, of course, where thousands of New Orleanians were stranded when Katrina, the hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, broke the city's levees and flooded the place. A maelstrom of institutional failures left people trapped in the scalding cauldron of a drowned city for five days while the world looked on aghast. It was a disaster that had been long foretold, and no one had done much to forestall it. No one had repaired those crummy levees or bothered to create a real evacuation plan for the city–and, unlike the revolt of the machines in T2, the future actually arrived. Like climate change.
For many, it was a foretaste of our new era. It may not be clear what role, if any, climate change played in the generation of that particular hurricane, but it is clear that, in this era, there will be, and indeed already have been, many more such calamities: the deadly freak rainstorms in Sicily, Britain and the Philippines this fall, the increase in the number and intensity of hurricanes in the North Atlantic in recent years, as well as in the intensity of droughts, floods, heat waves, crop failures and the displacement of populations, as well as the massive melting of glaciers and sea ice in the cold places, rising waters in the coastal ones and oceans going acidic with devastating effects on marine life.


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So it's, like, pretty fucking hot outside. Maybe you've heard the news by now. Dogs are panting. Kids are eating popsicles. Dudes are removing their shirts. The University Bridge is getting hosed down every hour. The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning.
All the signs are there.
Luckily, the City of Seattle has your hot-as-fuck back. In response to the heat wave, the city is offering advice on staying cool, and more importantly an open invitation to any of its libraries, senior centers and Seattle Center facilities if you find yourself in need of a place to cool down.
Here's the complete release from Mayor Mike McGinn's office:
SEATTLE – The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Seattle and surrounding communities until 11 p.m. Monday evening. In response, the City of Seattle is offering services and information to help members of the public deal with the heat wave.
"Hot weather isn't frequent in Seattle, so it's important that we make sure we're enjoying it safely," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. "Please take a moment to check on your elderly neighbors and relatives to make sure they are staying cool."
Many homes in Seattle are not equipped with air conditioning and may get very hot during the day. The City offers many locations for you to cool down when the temperatures start to rise. Visit 18 of the City's libraries, senior centers or Seattle Center facilities for some relief to today's record-breaking heat. See the lists below.
When you're outside, limit the time you're in direct sunlight and avoid or reduce activities that are tiring or take a lot of energy. Take extra precaution if you work outside and know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Do not leave infants, children, people with mobility challenges and pets in a parked car, even with the window rolled down. Check in with your elderly neighbors and relatives to make sure they are staying cool too.
Stay hydrated
Drink plenty of water. Have a beverage with you at all times, and sip or drink frequently. Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink.
Avoid drinks with caffeine, alcohol and large amounts of sugar because they can actually de-hydrate your body.
Protect your pets
Pets are especially vulnerable in high heat and the Seattle Animal Shelter recommends the following:
Never leave your animal chained or penned up directly in sunlight. Provide a shady area for retreat, such as a dog house, porch or shady tree, and always provide cool water.
If you leave animals indoors, open the windows, keep a fan running, provide plenty of water, and if possible, leave them in a cool location.
Never leave dogs or cats unattended in a closed, locked car. Animals do not perspire like humans; they cool themselves by panting and vinyl seats in vehicles get hot under animals' feet and prevent them from perspiring through their paws.
If you must travel with your pet, carry water.
Avoid overexerting your animal in hot weather.
For birds, take caution and place the bird's cage away from direct sunlight during the intense heat of the afternoon. Provide water and fruits and vegetables with high moisture content.
The following Seattle Public Library locations are equipped with air conditioning, and serve as cooling centers when the area experiences extreme heat. Please call the individual location before you go for open hours and to verify that the air conditioning is working.
Central Library (1000 4th Ave) - 206-386-4636
Ballard (5614 22nd Ave NW) - 206-684-4089
Beacon Hill (2821 Beacon Ave S) - 206-684-4711
Broadview (12755 Greenwood Ave N) - 206-684-7519
Capitol Hill (425 Harvard Ave E) - 206-684-4715
Delridge (5423 Delridge Way SW) - 206-733-9125
Douglass-Truth (2300 E Yesler Way) - 206-684-4704
Greenwood (8016 Greenwood Ave N) - 206-684-4086
High Point (3411 SW Raymond St) - 206-684-7454
International District / Chinatown (713 8th Ave S) - 206-386-1300
Lake City (12501 28th Ave NE) - 206-684-7518
Madrona-Sally Goldmark (1134 33rd Ave) - 206-684-4705
Magnolia (2801 34th Ave W) - 206-386-4225
NewHolly (7058 32nd Ave S) - 206-386-1905
Northgate (10548 5th Ave NE) - 206-386-1980
Rainier Beach (9125 Rainier Ave S) - 206-386-1906
South Park (8604 8th Ave S) - 206-615-1688
Wallingford (1501 N 45th St) - 206-684-4088
SEATTLE CENTER (View the campus map PDF at http://www.seattlecenter.com/downloads/sc_map_color_gates.pdf)
Armory Center House (Open until 9 p.m.)
International Fountain (Open until 9 p.m.)
Fountain of Creation (Open 24/7)
The following senior centers have air conditioning or are relatively cool and are open to the public:
Greenwood Senior Center (525 N. 8th Street)
International Drop-In Center (7301 Beacon Ave S.)
Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank (85 Pike St, #200)
Ballard NW Senior Center (5429 32nd Ave NW)
Southeast Seattle Senior Center (4655 South Holly St)
The Senior Center of West Seattle (4217 SW Oregon St)
South Park Senior Center (8201 10th Ave S)
Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140)
The Central (500 30th Ave S)
Additional resources
Tips from Seattle & King County Public Health
Cool off in the water with Seattle Parks wading pools, spray parks and beaches


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As I've been thinking about what more to say about this year's World Fantasy Convention, I've realized that a general report of all I saw and did would be immensely dull, because most of my time was spent sitting around talking with people. I'm going to do it anyway. I'll try to keep the namedropping compact. (And if I forget anyone, I'm entirely sorry and will be immensely nice and generous to you in the future.)
World Fantasy is a different sort of convention from the previous two I've attended -- ReaderCon and the World Science Fiction Convention -- because it is so focused on the publishing industry. I can't imagine what it's like to attend if you're not a writer, editor, publisher, or reviewer, because there really aren't that many panels or other sorts of events. There are certainly enough things to fill the time, but also not so many that I ever felt guilty for spending so much time just hanging out with people.
I had the best time I've had at a convention so far, though, because of that hanging out. I finally got to meet so many people I have wanted to meet for years. I met in person a couple people I have interviewed via email: Alan DeNiro and Paolo Bacigalupi. I finally got a chance to spend some time with Ellen Datlow, whom I'd previously only said hi to while passing through busy hallways of other cons. Gordon van Gelder, editor of F&SF, and I had just enough time to finally shake hands and say hello, but not much more than that. I saw the winner of the Mumpsimus Award, Rudi Dornemann, a couple of times, and he told me he's getting good use from the coffee mug I sent him. I got to have meals with large groups of people -- with Liz Gorinsky of Tor, Forrest Aguirre, Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan of Omnidawn, Mark Kelly, Rajan Khana (whose site features some in-depth WFC reporting), Kelly Shaw, David Moles, Paula Guran, David Schwartz, Megan McCarron, Gregg van Eekhout, and Brett Cox (who was, with Dave Schwartz, my roommate -- though none of us slept very much, so we enountered each other outside the room far more than inside). I killed some time in a bar with that brutal woman Kameron Hurley and her roommate, Jenn Whitson. Et cetera et cetera et cetera.
I was amazed at how many Australians made their way north for the convention, and I spent quite a bit of time with Deborah Biancotti and Trevor Stafford, who is organizing Conflux 3. Because Jeff VanderMeer had recently spent three weeks in Australia, I was sure it couldn't be a place of dignity and discriminating taste -- apparently they'd let any old squid-eater in. But I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun both Deb and Trevor were -- how industrious, jovial, lively, and long-suffering. And then I remembered that this was the little continent that produced Jonathan Strahan and K.J. Bishop. Clearly, it is a secret continent of superheroes. (My first amazed acknowledgement of the Aussies' humanity can be found at Emerald City, with a reply from Jonathan Strahan and an explanation from Cheryl.)
I ended up being on two panels: On Friday, I was on a panel moderated by Jeff VanderMeer about "fringe fantasy", and then another on Saturday moderated by Ann VanderMeer about the reader's role in fantasy fiction. Ann must have some Australian blood, because she is a superhero. On Wednesday night, as I was packing to go to the convention, Jeff sent me a note saying Ann had been in a car accident, the car had essentially been cut in half, but she was okay and insisting they still go to the convention. She showed up bruised and aching, but in remarkably good spirits. I don't know how she did it. Both panels went well, though I managed to be pretty annoying on Ann's panel when I insisted that every term being used needed to be defined, and that everything depended. After beginning my third or fourth answer with, "Well, it depends," Ann interrupted and told me I just kept saying that. She was right. I explained that I think everything is socially or culturally determined, that there is no inherent meaning to abstract terms such as "art" or "the reader", and that if we don't define our terms, then we're working from unstated assumptions, and we all have somewhat different unstated assumptions. Jay Lake accused me of being a situationist and an existentialist. Luckily, Hal Duncan was on the panel, and he cleared everything up, though I'm not sure how many people realized this, as Hal is from Glasgow, and may need in the future to be equipped with subtitles.
Hal is a marvelous person -- we first met on Thursday night in a hallway outside of a party and ended up talking for quite a while about the wonders of Guy Davenport. Hal is the first person I've met who's actually read much Guy Davenport. But then, as anybody who has even glanced at Hal's novel Vellum can tell, Hal has read all sorts of esoteric things, and can talk about them with a speed and energy known to few mortals. I expect he has family in Australia.
I also got to chat a couple of times with L.E. Modesitt, whom I knew fifteen years ago, when he was first writing The Magic of Recluce, a book I remain quite fond of. I think we're going to do an interview, so you'll be hearing a lot more about him soon.
And now we must talk about twee. I said to Jay Lake at one point that something seemed to have been okay, given that the subject was ... and then I struggled for the right words. "Inherently twee?" Jay said. "Yes!" I cried (while thinking "Eureka!" and "Avast!"), and said, "There should be an anthology called Inherently Twee!" Jay looked at me skeptically. "Would you want to be known forevermore as the man who edited Inherently Twee?" he asked. "I was born to be that man," I said. Jay dared me to propose the anthology to Sean Wallace of Prime Books, and I did, and Sean did try to smite me.
And so it began. Evermore, until the last day of the con, where'er I went, the twee followed me. I told all and sundry of my plans. I schemed with Australians to invite other Australians to write for Inherently Twee. I proposed a sequel: a collection of flash fiction called Wee Twee. Someone suggested a holiday anthology: Christmas Twee. Liz Gorinsky avoided me for two days, knowing that I planned to ask for a three-book deal. Deborah Biancotti took to calling me Captain Twee. (Stop laughing. It's not funny.)
Why do I bring these things upon myself? Why can I let no bad joke, no awful pun, no silly rhyme go unstated?
Juliet Ulman, the endlessly amazing editor at Bantam who has brought such books as Light, The Etched City, and Veniss Underground to a larger audience, seemed relieved that, when she brought me down to the bar after the awards ceremony, I did not press her to publish Inherently Twee. She is clearly experienced at telling people their grand ideas will not be published by her company. Luckily, she is publishing Barth Anderson's first novel, which she tells me is brilliant and also lots of fun to read, a fine and rare combination. Clearly, both Juliet and Barth are Australian. (Barth was at the convention, but I only got to talk with him very briefly.)
There is so much more I could say, but very little of interest. Alan DeNiro looks great in a wig. Peter Straub and Graham Joyce are hilariously good MCs of awards ceremonies. I was thrilled when Brian Evenson's collection The Wavering Knife won the International Horror Guild Award. I saw Nick Mamatas tell Dave Schwartz he'd sold a story to Spicy Slipstream Stories, which Dave took quite calmly (and be sure to read Nick's account of reading slush at the con.)
Enough. It was a marvelous convention. Everyone I met was generous, loveable, intelligent, and Australian. Who could ask for anything more?


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Path of Exile is a game about items. As you kill monsters, open chests and interact with townsfolk, you will receive items that allow you to better protect your character and to kill stronger foes. Many items are worth keeping to trade to other exiles.
As you progress through the game, you may find Magic, Rare or Unique items. These items have magical properties known as Mods. On Magic items, they appear as either prefixes or suffixes on the name of the item, with a maximum of one of each. Rare items can be found with up to six random mods (three prefixes and three suffixes).
Without a good weapon, an exile is as good as dead. The monsters of Wraeclast guard a wide variety of weapon types, ranging from Bows to Swords to Wands to exotic Claws. Weapons are aligned with up to two of the core attributes: Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence. These attributes affect the speed, damage, critical strike rate and requirements of the weapons.
In Wraeclast, defense is as important as offense. The defensive properties of armour pieces are dependent on what attributes they are aligned with. Strength armour conveys Armour, which reduces incoming physical damage. Highly effective against swarms of small monsters, armour has a greater effect on smaller amounts of damage. Dexterity armour pieces grant Evasion, which contributes to your chance to evade attacks. Intelligence armour has Energy Shield, which is a magical barrier that absorbs incoming damage. It starts to recharge after you have been out of combat for a few seconds.
Generally, most rings, amulets and belts cannot have gem sockets, but instead have powerful magical properties imbued into their base types. These properties stack with the existing mods that magic, rare or unique versions of the items receive. Jewellery pieces do not require specific attribute requirements to equip.
Path of Exile does not have a gold-based currency. Instead, you occasionally find valuable Currency Items of different rarities that allow you to modify your equipment. You can either spend these items to improve your character, trade them with other players or NPCs, or hold onto them for later use. For more information about the currency system, check out this old development diary entry.
Skill Gems
Active skills in Path of Exile are itemised as gems that can be placed into your equipment to grant abilities. Support gems allow you to augment those skills by modifying how they behave.
Path of Exile's end-game areas are items called Maps. They grant limited access to a new world area that can contain great challenges and greater rewards. Like other items, Maps can have random mods that affect their difficulty. For more information, please read this development diary entry about the system.


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Manchester United could be back in for Juan Fernando Quintero this summer after his agent claimed the Colombian could leave Italy at the end of the season, reports talkSPORT.
The 20-year-old midfielder has attracted interest from a host of top European clubs, with Inter Milan also believed to be monitoring the South American's situation.
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been linked with a move for Quintero, who is currently on loan at Pescara from Atletico Nacional back in his homeland.
Pescara have a clause that allows them to buy the talented youngster outright at the end of the season, and the Serie A side are expected to do so, with the intention of selling him on at a profit.
Quintero's representative, Riccardo Calleri, confirmed that interest is high in his client's signature, and raised hopes of a possible move to Old Trafford after saying a transfer in the summer remains a viable option.
"He is a player who has many admirers in Italy and the big clubs would like him," Calleri told TMW.
"However, it would be easier to see him move to a European giant seeing as he is being followed heavily by foreign sides."
Manchester United secured the signature of highly-rated forward Wilfried Zaha last month, loaning the Crystal Palace star back to the Championship club for the remainder of the season. He's expected to link up with the Premier League giants in July ahead of the 2013/14 campaign.
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Planners sidestep home rental issue
Faced with few hot-button issues more searing than single-family home rentals, the Mammoth Lakes Planning Commission on Wednesday took a giant leap … sideways.
Splitting their votes in a rare display of discord, the commission voted, 3-2, to push the issue directly to the Town Council, but only after the overburdened town staff can complete more research into the ages-old issue.
In addition, the five-member commission decided that any work on the issue should not begin until after the current winter ski and snowboard season.
In effect, the commission kept the issue alive, but left it dangling.
"We're not voting to approve single-family rentals at this point, although that's insinuated," said Commissioner Colin Fernie, co-owner of Black Tie Ski Rentals.
"What we're being ask to discuss is whether we're to provide recommendation to the Town Council to do a necessary analysis to develop a program to analyze this issue."
Fernie voted to move the issue forward, as did local developer Dave Harvey and realtor Mickey Brown.
Voting against the action was citizen activist Elizabeth Tenney, who argued that the town staff already is too overburdened to take this on; and chair Rhonda Duggan, manager of the Sierra Nevada Lodge, who had problems with the language of the motion.
Most of the commission's discussion points, though, were on the merits of opening up Mammoth's neighborhoods to single-family home rentals, or continuing their prohibition. It is an issue that is as old as Mammoth itself, and it keeps popping up from time to time.
"This is something that's been going on a lot longer than I've been in town," Fernie said. "It's something that's been going on longer than I've even been alive. This is an issue that needs to be addressed."
In the end, it might not even be an issue that could be resolved by town mandate.
Most residential neighborhoods in Mammoth have strong homeowners associations, with strict rules as to what would be allowed in their neighborhoods.
These rules are called "Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions," usually shortened to the acronym "CC&Rs." Whenever a home is sold in the neighborhood, the usual action by the neighbors is to get buy-in, so to speak, from the new homeowners to those regulations.
Some of the CC&Rs are fairly new. Others date back 30 years or older.
Almost all of them prohibit transient rentals.
By going that route, Harvey said Mammoth has lost out on rentals to high-end vacationers, because most rental properties do not have three- or four-bedroom configurations that could accommodate large groups or families.
"I certainly understand all of the negative aspects," Harvey said. "I don't want that to overshadow their [proponents of a continued prohibition] understanding what positive impacts there are in developing a program that could go after that particular demographic."
Fernie, while saying he was merely playing devil's advocate, said essentially the same thing.
"As someone who has connections with other destination resorts, my research shows, most of the communities are baffled by the fact that we disallow this. They can't even understand why this would be the case.
"We are attempting to attract a longer-staying crowd and I think that potentially a higher inventory [of high-end transient housing] is a good thing.
"It's easy for any client to get online and research easily to find the lodging they want in whatever location they want," Fernie said. "Tallus, for example, has been very well received and they just don't have any inventory right now.
"A lot of people are looking for that type of home."
Nothing the commissioners did—or did not do—assuaged the number of people who showed up to voice opposition to any kind of new regulations that would open the neighborhoods to rentals, since the commission merely kicked the issue into the Town Council's lap.
Supporters of single-family home rentals, who in the past have argued the town would increase its transient occupancy tax revenue by opening neighborhoods for rentals, did not appear at the meeting.


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A 6-year-old girl killed in a construction site accident will be buried this afternoon.
A 6-year-old girl killed in a construction site accident will be buried this afternoon.
Chloe Jade Arwood will be remembered during a memorial service and buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Belmont.
The bright-eyed, brown-haired girl went to school at Long Shoals Wesleyan Christian Academy. In her obituary, she is described as an energetic, joyful child who loved singing and being outside.
Arwood died alongside her 7-year-old cousin, James Levi Caldwell.
The children were trapped under more than 20 feet of dirt Sunday when an area of a large dirt pit collapsed on them on Cedarbrook Court near Stanley.
Arwood�s father, Jordan, was nearby on a backhoe when the collapse happened.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Jordan Arwood said he tried frantically to reach the children in time.
�When the wall came down, I kept grabbing what was in front of me � grabbing enough dirt, grabbing boulders. ... I wasn�t going to stop until I pulled them out. But I couldn�t save them,� he said, sobbing.
Rescue workers dug for more than 12 hours to recover the children�s bodies.
The 24-foot deep pit where Jordan Arwood was digging has since been filled.
Family, friends, rescue workers and members of the community gathered Tuesday night to remember the children at a prayer vigil at Gold Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Stanley.
Many of James Caldwell�s teachers from Catawba Springs Elementary School came and comforted the family. His grandmother, Nancy, was overwhelmed with emotion. She thanked the large assembly of people.
James Caldwell lived with Nancy Caldwell and his grandfather, Ken, on Cedarbrook Court.
Chloe Arwood spent weekends staying with her father on the same street. The two children played together often.
James Caldwell was a peppy first-grader who brought smiles and enthusiasm to school, according to his principal.
The Lincoln County Sheriff�s Office has not announced if anyone will face charges in the deaths. The investigation is ongoing.
Funeral arrangements for James Caldwell haven�t been announced.
Reach Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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Several years ago, I bought three journals. One for myself and each of my two sisters. We have been (with great pauses in between) writing in them and sending them on. They all just landed on my doorstep.
Friday, May 20, 2011
My Fabulous Sisters
3 comments:
- Jenny Petricek said...
I've always been intrigued with the concept of journal exchanges...and these look like they were so much fun to create! I'd love to see some more close-ups of the interior pages!
- May 20, 2011 at 10:39 AM
What a wonderful idea!
- May 20, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Diana Trout {firstname.lastname@example.com} said...
It has been somewhat slow moving :) But that is ok. We are just writing thoughts, old memories and sometimes stuff that is hard to say in person! Old family photos, etc. Neither of my sis's are artists so were a bit freaked by the thought of it at first.
- May 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM
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"Some things simply matter more than others," writes Robert L. Millet in his foreword to this landmark book. "Even some doctrines, though interesting and fun to discuss, must take a backseat to more fundamental and foundational doctrines. It is just so with the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement is the central act of human history, the pivotal point in all time, the doctrine of doctrines."
With The Infinite Atonement, Brother Tad R. Callister offers us what may be the most comprehensive, yet understandable, treatment of the Atonement in our day. He thoughtfully probes the infinite scope of this "great and last sacrifice," describing its power and breadth and explaining how it redeems us all.
Using the scriptures and the words of the prophets, Brother Callister explores the Savior's divinity and the depth of his love for mankind. He explains the blessings that flow from the Atonement, providing insight into the resurrection, repentance, and the gifts of peace, motivation, freedom, grace, and exaltation. He explains the relationship of justice and mercy and the importance of ordinances. Through discussing the effects of the fall of Adam and our individual sins, he reminds us in a powerful way of the incalculable debt of gratitude we owe Christ for his unparalleled offering.
"An attempt to master this doctrine requires an immersion of all our senses, all our feelings, and all our intellect," Brother Callister writes, "Given the opportunity, the Atonement will invade each of the human passions and faculties....The Atonement is not a doctrine that lends itself to some singular approach, like a universal formula. It must be felt, not just 'figured;; internalized, not just analyzed....The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the most supernal, mind-expanding, passionate doctrine this world or universe will ever know."
With clarity, testimony, and understanding, The Infinite Atonement teaches us rich and wonderful truths about this "doctrine of doctrines." and elevates our spirits as we contemplate the perfect love of Him who gave all that we might receive all.
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If you want to learn more about Jesus Christ and his Atonement, read this book. One of the best books about Christ that I have ever read is Tad R. Callister's The Infinite Atonement. I truly love this book and I recommend it for all followers of Christ. I recommend it because it has given me peace and it has helped me appreciate what Jesus Christ has done for me and for all mankind.
This book will definitely help anyone come close to our Savior and Redeemer. Yes, it is a complex book and the vocabulary can be hard to understand for some, including myself. But this book has enlarged my understanding of the Atonement. This book has deepened my appreciation for my beloved Savior and for his endless love.
Even though this book may be for the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it would be a huge blessing for every believer of Christ to read it. There is no way we can all completely comprehend the Atonement in this life, but this book can unquestionably expand and extend our understanding of the Atonement.
This is a book that I will continue to read over and over again in my life because there is still so much that you can learn from reading it again.
I dearly love this book. However, some pages are missing in the ebook.
This is simply the best book written on the Atonement-and should be a required reading in every home. Reading this book will change your life.
Content - 5/5. I would go higher if possible
This book brings scripture and prophetic utterances concerning the Atonement together in a way that I had not before considered nor experienced. At the time I was reading this book I wanted to be like Christ more than I have ever before felt. The topics are appropriate in length and coverage. I listened to the audio book and I found myself being excited when a chapter on a particular topic was longer than others. The depth, breadth, and individual relevance of the Atonement are some of the key points that made my mind race. The book certainly created more questions in my mind, but it also answers the questions relevant to my life, my family, my friends and sphere of influence concerning what the Atonement was for and why it matters. Highly recommend this book.
Narration - 5/5.
I had no issues with the narration. I like to listen on 1.25 or 1.5 speed and had no issues doing that. The narration did not distract from the message, in fact I think it helped it. Nathan Wright did a great job here. The book was so good I didn't mind some of the bugs in the Deseret Bookshelf App.
i have never had a book impact me as this book has! it has changed my life, it is the most important book outside the scriptures there is. i am reading it for the second time, and i intend to reread it for the rest of my life. i don't just read a book, i study a book and this book must be studied. we can't just have a simple understanding of the atonement it is much too big too important, it is the very reason Christ came to this earth. we can't know enough about the atonement, we can't be grateful enough. i am 74 years old, and just learned how the atonement is the most important event in all history of all history. i feel like i just woke up and come to realize what the gospel really is. don't go through life as i did blind to what this gospel is really, before you can understand the gospel you have to understand the atonement, that is how we really come to love Jesus Christ.
One of the most wonderful books I have ever read. I learned so much about the Savior from this book. I owe him everything. Thank you Elder Callister.
I am on Chapter 16 of my individual reading and I can't put it down, I just can't. It makes you cry and feel joy and so many other feelings... it's truly incredible. I'm a speed reader, but this book must be read slow and steady. I've found myself drying the tears of the pages. I foresee reading this book time and time again. My husband is a new member of the church and we're on Chapter 1 together. I know it will make for the most incredible, in depth conversations between us regarding the Atonement. A very special work. I just can't seem to find it in Spanish. I've found it in Italian and Portuguese, but not Spanish. My mother has been trying to get her hands on it and so have I!
This book is so deep! It explains the atonement in so many ways and on so many levels that I had never known! I have the hard copy of the book but I also listened to the audio book. If I had to choose between the two I would get the hard copy of the book. There is just so much that you have to read this book over and over again to absorb it all. The audio book was very very well done, but there is something about being able to hold the book in your hands and take notes in a journal and visualize it better. This is a book you could read over and over again! It is a great resource for talks and questions you may have. It is a book that will always stay on my bookshelf! I recommend it for young adults and adults!
I loved this book. It is a deep doctrinal dissertation on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I read it slowly over a few months, just taking it a chapter at a time and highlighting and pondering. It had great questions and queries and was very satisfying and inspiring. I was moved to tears at times as I thought about the words written, and my love for my Savior has grown as I've pondered everything the author wrote about in this great work. I highly recommend this one. I will read over it again and skim my highlighted portions for inspiration in the future.
This work is eye opening in the level of depth that has been taken to dive into a subject that we all face throughout life. The very care taken to breakdown a topic that is the heart of our personal work for salvation and for teaching others how to approach the preparation for the life long journey of challenge with the natural man for salvation, this is a must own for your bookshelf.
An excellent treatise on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Probably the best book other than the scriptures I have read that explains and discusses the meaning, blessings, and application of the Atonement. I would highly recommend it for new and lifelong members of the Church, as well as anyone who would like to learn more about this central doctrine of the Gospel and central act of history.
For a subject that can be challenging to tackle at the best of times, The Infinite Atonement is a refreshingly sequential analysis of the more salient aspects of the Atonement. When I talk about the Atonement with people, I usually don't know where to begin. This piece is easy to digest and, for want of a better term, starts at the beginning and stops at the end. The analysis is not only comprehensive, but heartfelt and the author's love for the Saviour is evident. This read will inspire you to build your foundation upon the rock. It inspires, reflection and godly sorrow by its tender analysis without harsh words. I felt prompted by the sincerity of the author's approach. Highly recommended read for anyone searching for a straight-forward yet comprehensive and deep account of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It will explode your testimony.
I, like so many church members had a simple working knowledge of the atonement. I knew that Jesus had died so that we are able to repent of our sins and live again with our Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for this fine book that explains in such great detail how much more there is to the atonement than that simple detail. Since reading this book, I have felt much more inspired to participate in religious discussions and even share my faith with others. It is true that with a deeper understanding of the atonement comes a desire to share the gift with others. I would recommend this book to anyone from the young deacon just beginning religious studies to the most knowledgeable and faithful. This book will teach you or make you think of aspects of the atonement you had never contemplated.
A must have! Here is why. Brother Callister is so thorough that as you really harken to his words, you are filled with hope and a how to apply the Atonement. The book is so all-encompassing that the messages bring such great joy and leave you with a deep desire to be faithful in all things and be a little better each day!
The Infinite Atonement and Jesus the Christ are my two favorite books next to the scriptures. I was awestruck with the depth of the Atonement as explained by Elder Callister. I tell everyone what an Excellent book it is. I think I will go read it again. :)
One of the best books I have ever read!! I love how Elder Callister helps bring so many different dimensions to The Atonement that I have never thought of before. Best quote of the book so far, "One of the ironies of life is that we acquire love as we GIVE it away." I love it.
In our gospel doctrine class I recommended 4 books that I believe everyone in the church should read after they have read all of the books in the scriptures. The first was Jesus The Christ by Elder James. E. Talmage. The Infinite Atonement by Tad Callister is second on that list. Amazing book. I had to read each chapter one at a time and put it down for a few days to ponder over it. I felt the spirit each time I read and found the doctrine to be clear and accurate. If you are interested the other two books I highly recommend are The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Lucy Mack Smith-another great read with the perspective only a mother and woman could give and Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses by Richard L. Anderson. Enjoy!
When I was on my mission I was really interested on learning as much as I could about the Atonement, and so my mom sent this book to me. Not only did I learn as much as I wanted to, but it helped me put my life a little more in harmony with the gospel, and took away my desire to sin. I have so much more appreciation for my Saviour and what He's done for me. I am much much closer to Him than I was before
This book is absolutely wonderful. It is easy to read, but still took me a long time because it is so deep and I was writing down so many thoughts and new understandings. I suggest this book to anyone who wants to strengthen their testimony of Jesus Christ and His atonement for us.
There are occasionally those books in life that change permanently the minds and hearts of those who read them. Such is the case with Tad R. Callister's great work, The Infinite Atonement.
Callister's literary work is both motivational and faith empowering to the Christian reader, as well as insightful and thought provoking to the professed atheist. Anyone who reads it will gain a better knowledge of the important role Jesus the Christ plays, in both the Christian world and our modern day, as one of the great religious leaders of all-time.
This literary work teaches of the fundamental doctrine of all dominant Christian belief, the atonement. According to Robert L. Millet in his foreword to the book, "Some things just matter more than others…. The atonement is the central act of human history, the pivotal point in all time, the doctrine of doctrines." Callister begins by explaining this concept and further by showing, and reinforcing through scriptural text, that the atonement of that carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, is far reaching and infinite in its ability to save both those who were born before and after the meridian of time.
The book is loaded with profound insights into the soul of what the atonement is. In the Author's own words, "An attempt to master this doctrine requires an immersion of all our senses, all our feelings, and all our intellect." I must agree that it will challenge the understanding of most and require some soul-searching moments of the reader's day in order to grasp how it is that one man could perform such a heroic act that would, and does, affect all mankind.


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Forced Sterilizations Among HIV-Positive Women in Africa Exposed
August 31, 2010
Modern medicine has made it possible for many HIV-positive women to give birth to HIV-negative babies. However, health care workers in numerous African countries, including South Africa and Namibia, have been accused of performing sterilizations on HIV-positive women without their consent, reports IRIN/PlusNews. These acts are considered serious human rights violations, and legal groups have been working with some of the women to file lawsuits.
According to the article, bilateral tubal ligations (BTLs) -- sealing the fallopian tubes shut to prevent pregnancy -- were sometimes performed on HIV-positive women without their knowledge after they gave birth. In other cases, the women were told to sign consent forms without knowing what the forms said. Some women admitted that they knew what was happening, but did not feel that they had a choice to opt out of the procedure. It has also been reported that most of these women are rural and illiterate -- and that regardless, the consent forms were presented to the women in English as opposed to their native language.
Even though it appears that some of these sterilizations occurred before vertical HIV transmission prevention services were available, many advocates believe this is an ongoing problem. The most recent sterilization reportedly took place in 2009, well after prenatal HIV interventions were implemented. From the IRIN/PlusNews article:
Local rights groups in Namibia, with the support of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, have helped uncover 15 such cases, and a trial involving three HV-positive women who say they were sterilized at public health facilities without their consent is due to resume on 1 September in the High Court.
It is unknown exactly why the health care workers allegedly performed these BTLs -- perhaps trying to stop the spread of HIV, perhaps a conservative disapproval of unmarried women having children out of wedlock, perhaps mere population control. Whatever the case, most of the women involved just want an apology, not any monetary retribution. But there are barriers to that happening, according to Mushahida Adhikari, an attorney at the Women's Legal Centre in Cape Town. She told IRIN/PlusNews that "often the women have not told their families about being sterilized" and "the stigma associated with not being able to have children could be as strong as being HIV positive."
Realistically, without the cooperation of those women, getting justice will be very difficult -- as will reversing these medical procedures. In some instances, BTLs can be reversed depending on how the original procedure was done, but according to the IRIN/PlusNews article, many of these women do not have the money to undergo a second surgery.
While forced sterilizations are extreme and may not be common outside of resource-poor countries, the sentiment that HIV-positive women should not procreate is more common than one would like to admit, including among the medical community in the Western world. There has been growing research documenting this bias, including a study presented this past July at the XVIII International AIDS Conference. Researchers from Ontario found that HIV-positive women felt they were negatively judged by their doctors when expressing their desire to conceive children. In a press release, Trevor Hart, the lead author of the study, suggested that doctors need to educate themselves on the extremely low risk that a woman who is on an effective antiretroviral regimen will transmit HIV to her child. He also stressed, "There also needs to be continuing medical education to reduce the stigma perceived by HIV-positive women, which will improve their mental health and well-being."
Kellee Terrell is TheBody.com's former news editor.
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